PEDro* | Keramidas et al. [18] | Taylor et al. [27] | Behringer, et al. [32] | Paton et al. [10] | Mitchell et al. [16] | Amani-Shalamzari et al. [15] | Elgammal et al. [17] | ||
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Eligibility criteria | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Randomised allocation | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Concealed allocation | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Groups similar at baseline | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Blind subjects | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Blind therapists | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Blind assessors | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Measure of one key outcome obtained from > 85% initial subjects | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Intention-to-treat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Between-group comparisons | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Point measures and measures of variability | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
TOTAL | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 |